Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction

Susan Blackmore

144 pages, parution le 08/04/2005

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A lively, engaging, and authoritative introduction to the hot topic of consciousness
Serves as a much-needed launch pad for the further exploration of this complicated, controversial, and unresolved issue
Challenges readers to reconsider key concepts such as personality, free will, and the soul
A clear overview of the subject that combines the perspectives of philosophy, psychology and neuroscience--unlike all the other books available on the subject
Part of the VSI series; over 1 million have been sold

Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', has now become a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are opening up debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories using illustrations, lively cartoons, and experiments.Topics include vision and attention, theories of self and will, experiments on action and awareness, altered states of consciousness, and the effects of brain damage and drugs.

Readership: General readers interested in this controversial hot topic as well as those studying neuroscience, biology, psychology, and philosophy.

L'auteur - Susan Blackmore

Susan Blackmore, Visiting Lecturer, University of the West of England.

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Susan Blackmore
Parution	08/04/2005
Nb. de pages	144
Format	11 x 17,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	140g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780192805850
ISBN13	978-0-19-280585-0